Quote Originally Posted by carole View Post
Now back to the original topic,can anyone tell me what Obama is going to do about the troops, is he going to bring them home? what is is stance on the war?
Thanks.....

BO started with the idea that he wanted to 'end' the war and bring home the troops in 16 months. Apparently, upon advice of an on the ground commander of the forces over in the ME, he may commit another 30,000 troops to the effort.

That is one of my biggest bug-a-boos about how "sheepish" people are in the U.S. They take an election promise to heart, elect the bozo that made it and not give a whit of attention when he changes his mind AFTER he gets elected.

The media has also alluded to the fact that he is surrounding himself with advisors who have 'experience' in their respective fields-the biggest hit against BO was his inexperience in running any kind of government machine.

In the U.S. government system, each state has a number of congress reps, based on the population, and two senators who represent in Wash, d.c.

BO was a senator for less than three years, with no experience at the congressional level or local level as a politician.

People think that the 'change' that BO thinks he will make for the country will be the end all/be all in world postion and politics. Come back for a peek at what happens in around 2010-2011. You'll hear the same sorry whining from the disenfranchised, spoiled citizens of the United States.

Here's a little background on our president-elect.

I know you have what amounts to territories in Oz, about 7?

I didn't look it up, so if I am wrong, I apologize. BO lives in the U.S. and made a statement about the "57 states" of the union.

There are only 50 with a few territories- simple American History-any person that paid attention in school would know that. To my knowledge he never made a correction to the statement, you know to put us worry warts at east.

It was glossed over as a faux paus and never addressed again. People complained about GWB's pronunciation of the word 'nuclear', but cannot be bothered about a historical fact.




He will be my president, and as I said before, he is the one driving the bus-so I have to go with where he drives us.